TMDb Rating
4.8/10
12 verified votes
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
ComedyRomance
66 min
"Good to the Last Drop...of the Villain...the Girl...or Maybe the Scenery!"
Plot Summary
Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the virtuous heroine by driving her naïve husband to alcoholic ruin. Luckily, a temperance lecturer is on hand to set things straight, as is Buster Keaton as William Dalton, the drunkard's friend.
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Keywords to include
ComedyRomanceEdward F. ClineHugh HerbertAnita Louise1940
Director
Edward F. Cline
Top Cast
Hugh HerbertAnita LouiseAlan MowbrayBuster KeatonJoyce Compton
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